Dracula [Fantasy Casting] [Picspam]
So let's talk fantasy casting: specifically, for Bram Stoker's Dracula. I know that Francis Ford Coppola interpreted Dracula in his own engaging way back in the 90's and, while I appreciate and enjoy his film (as gratuitous and tweaked as it is), I don't agree with all of his casting choices. Check out the picspam below to see which actors I kept and which I re-cast.
I should note as well that many of the actors I selected are no longer of the appropriate age for the relevant part: but this is Fantasy Casting, which means I don't have to worry about such pesky things as Real Life Age, right? Let's imagine this movie is filmed by a production company based out of Dr. Frankenstein's small Eastern European village a la Mary Shelley's Frankenholes! Neither time nor space are an issue!
I tried to choose images of the actors that showcased them at the appropriate age, anyway; apart from Quincey Morris, whose actor required at least one iconic image of his current age.
Warning: Some nudity of the topless variety in the picspam below.
Enough nattering: behold!
01. Gary Oldman as Count Dracula
02. Jude Law as Jonathan Harker
03. Natalie Dormer as Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (née Murray)
04. Karen Gillan as Lucy Westenra
05. Colin Firth as the Hon. Arthur Holmwood (Lord Godalming)
06. Sam Elliott as Quincey Morris
07. James Frain as Dr. John Seward
08. Sir Ben Kingsley as Renfield
09. Sir Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
10. Monica Bellucci, Elena Anaya, and Isabelle Adjani
as The Brides of Dracula
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I should note as well that many of the actors I selected are no longer of the appropriate age for the relevant part: but this is Fantasy Casting, which means I don't have to worry about such pesky things as Real Life Age, right? Let's imagine this movie is filmed by a production company based out of Dr. Frankenstein's small Eastern European village a la Mary Shelley's Frankenholes! Neither time nor space are an issue!
I tried to choose images of the actors that showcased them at the appropriate age, anyway; apart from Quincey Morris, whose actor required at least one iconic image of his current age.
Warning: Some nudity of the topless variety in the picspam below.
Enough nattering: behold!
01. Gary Oldman as Count Dracula
02. Jude Law as Jonathan Harker
03. Natalie Dormer as Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (née Murray)
04. Karen Gillan as Lucy Westenra
05. Colin Firth as the Hon. Arthur Holmwood (Lord Godalming)
06. Sam Elliott as Quincey Morris
07. James Frain as Dr. John Seward
08. Sir Ben Kingsley as Renfield
09. Sir Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
10. Monica Bellucci, Elena Anaya, and Isabelle Adjani
as The Brides of Dracula
You can also read this entry on Dreamwidth, where there are currently
comments.